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Take back halloween

wendell borton · 2012-10-22 15:56:34

Originally a celtic festival of the harvest and the dead and then co-opted by the church as all hallows eve and all souls day. But now it has been hijacked and become a hollow americanized skanger fest where now attacking fireman has replaced bobbing for apples and such. I think it's time halloween went back to its roots…

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Originally a celtic festival of the harvest and the dead and then co-opted by the church as all hallows eve and all souls day. But now it has been hijacked and become a hollow americanized skanger fest where now attacking fireman has replaced bobbing for apples and such.

I think it's time halloween went back to its roots something like the mexican Día de los Muertos.

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#2 22-10-2012 4:04pm

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I don't attack firemen instead of bobbing for apples.

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#3 22-10-2012 4:09pm

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Some people might bob for firemen......

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#4 22-10-2012 4:12pm

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They've a big festival in Derry and it's supposed to be great craic.

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#5 22-10-2012 4:21pm

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Sure ye cant even build a bonfire these days without someone complaining. There's no hope!

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#6 22-10-2012 4:23pm

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wendell borton wrote: »

Originally a celtic festival of the harvest and the dead and then co-opted by the church as all hallows eve and all souls day. But now it has been hijacked and become a hollow americanized skanger fest where now attacking fireman has replaced bobbing for apples and such.

I think it's time halloween went back to its roots something like the mexican Día de los Muertos.

Don't forget the classy, scantily clad ladies!

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#7 22-10-2012 4:23pm

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Back in my day trick or treat ment something.

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#8 22-10-2012 4:53pm

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[Controversial]

Irish are not Celts.

[/Controversial]

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#9 22-10-2012 5:02pm

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MadsL wrote: »

[Controversial]

Irish are not Celts.

[/Controversial]

What are we?

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#10 22-10-2012 5:04pm

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I bob for bangers and set fire to apples and throw them at sexy skeletons.

Which I think we'll all agree is the true spirit of Easter.

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#11 22-10-2012 5:04pm

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I refuse to try and take down the one holiday every year that allows women to dress like complete sluts!

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#12 22-10-2012 5:06pm

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smash wrote: »

I refuse to try and take down the one holiday every year that allows women to dress like complete sluts!

you just a twilight fetish. Don't lie!

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#13 22-10-2012 5:07pm

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Gummy Panda wrote: »

What are we?

Current theory is that the first Irish settlers came by boat to Ireland, which was settled much later than Britain, which was connected by land to the continent. They did not come from Scotland, but from Basque country.

http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/dna-blueprint-of-the-irish-revealed-2333700.html

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#14 22-10-2012 5:09pm

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Gummy Panda wrote: »

you just a twilight fetish. Don't lie!

Whoever thought of sparkly vampires needs to die!

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#15 22-10-2012 5:09pm

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Bobbing for apples was one of the most retarded things I knew about and did in my childhood. I'll take a drunk blonde half naked nurse over that sh*t any day...

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#16 22-10-2012 5:10pm

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TheComeUp wrote: »

Bobbing for apples was one of the most retarded things I knew about and did in my childhood. I'll take a drunk blonde half naked nurse over that sh*t any day...

Coppers.

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#17 22-10-2012 5:14pm

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TheComeUp wrote: »

Bobbing for apples was one of the most retarded things I knew about and did in my childhood. I'll take a drunk blonde half naked nurse over that sh*t any day...

Um, maybe I should rethink my costume <.< >.>

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#18 22-10-2012 5:16pm

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wendell borton wrote: »

Originally a celtic festival of the harvest and the dead and then co-opted by the church as all hallows eve and all souls day. But now it has been hijacked and become a hollow americanized skanger fest where now attacking fireman has replaced bobbing for apples and such.

I think it's time halloween went back to its roots something like the mexican Día de los Muertos.

Hard to take this seriously when it's written in English.

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#19 22-10-2012 5:18pm

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Um, maybe I should rethink my costume <.< >.>

I hope you weren't planning on going as an apple?! Unless it's a pink lady...I likey

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#20 22-10-2012 5:20pm

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TheComeUp wrote: »

I hope you weren't planning on going as an apple?! Unless it's a pink lady...I likey

Well she's no Granny Smith, that's for sure!

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#21 22-10-2012 5:21pm

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MadsL wrote: »

[Controversial]

Irish are not Celts.

[/Controversial]

Speak for yourself, I'm descended from a Belgic tribe as attested by a native Irish family surname :pac:

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#22 22-10-2012 5:21pm

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TheComeUp wrote: »

I hope you weren't planning on going as an apple?! Unless it's a pink lady...I likey

smash wrote: »

Well she's no Granny Smith, that's for sure!

Golden delicious obviously.

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#23 22-10-2012 5:22pm

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Gummy Panda wrote: »

What are we?

...loopers...

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#24 22-10-2012 5:22pm

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Gummy Panda wrote: »

What are we?

Gaels.

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#25 22-10-2012 5:26pm

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wendell borton wrote: »

I think it's time halloween went back to its roots something like the mexican Día de los Muertos.

I like that. I shall salute my fallen comrades before trying to pull a scantily-clad nurse or nymph or whatever

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#26 22-10-2012 5:29pm

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OurLadyofKnock wrote: »

Gaels.

Not according to DNA evidence.

More like cousins to the Basque peoples.

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#27 22-10-2012 5:33pm

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purplepanda wrote: »

Speak for yourself, I'm descended from a Belgic tribe as attested by a native Irish family surname :pac:

Yeah, surnames are as reliable as DNA. Sure.

Go do an ethnicity DNA test and come back to us.

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#28 22-10-2012 5:36pm

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I'm a big fan of slutty Halloween costumes.

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#29 22-10-2012 6:22pm

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MadsL wrote: »

Go do an ethnicity DNA test and come back to us.

:rolleyes: A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

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#30 22-10-2012 6:30pm

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MadsL wrote: »

Current theory is that the first Irish settlers came by boat to Ireland, which was settled much later than Britain, which was connected by land to the continent. They did not come from Scotland, but from Basque country.

http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/dna-blueprint-of-the-irish-revealed-2333700.html

Paging Dr. Wibbs to the thread, Dr. Wibbs to the thread please.

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#31 22-10-2012 6:34pm

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Jimminy Mc Fukhead wrote: »

:rolleyes: A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Enlighten me.

Or will you be quoting a theory postulated by a guy who died in 1953?

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#32 23-10-2012 1:21am

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MadsL wrote: »

Yeah, surnames are as reliable as DNA. Sure.

Go do an ethnicity DNA test and come back to us.

As both my Grandmothers also have Flemish names it's very unlikely that I don't have any Belgian DNA, just a question of how much & how long ago!

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#33 23-10-2012 1:22am

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Sorry, thought you were a Bolger

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#34 23-10-2012 1:37am

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MadsL wrote: »

Sorry, thought you were a Bolger

Your DNA is required

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056760117

I'll send my uncles along

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#35 23-10-2012 2:10am

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MadsL wrote: »

Current theory is that the first Irish settlers came by boat to Ireland, which was settled much later than Britain, which was connected by land to the continent. They did not come from Scotland, but from Basque country.

http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/dna-blueprint-of-the-irish-revealed-2333700.html

Ahem! Did you read the link that you posted? By boat over dry land? Just realise ........ it's Happy Hour down your way

"The genetics suggest that, with sea levels low, the Basques simply walked to Ireland, becoming cut off generations later when rising seas created the island we know. Ancient Irish legends say that there were six invasions or migrations from the south many generations before the Celts arrived around 300BC".

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#36 23-10-2012 2:15am

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Ahem! Did you read the link that you posted? By boat over dry land? Just realise ........ it's Happy Hour down your way

"The genetics suggest that, with sea levels low, the Basques simply walked to Ireland, becoming cut off generations later when rising seas created the island we know. Ancient Irish legends say that there were six invasions or migrations from the south many generations before the Celts arrived around 300BC".

Large Jamesons cheers.

Did spot that inconsistency but well spotted.

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#37 23-10-2012 2:23am

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MadsL wrote: »

Large Jamesons cheers.

Did spot that inconsistency but well spotted.

Salut!

Or if engaging in semantics ........ Topa!

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